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The Stits Sky Baby was once the world’s smallest plane with a wingspan of 7-feet and standing only 5-feet tall, is seen at the National Air and Space Museum’s Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va., Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014, where it will go on display. Faced with an ongoing shortage of space for storage and care of its massive collection, the Smithsonian’s new restoration hangar for the nation’s historic aircraft and spacecraft and spacesuit collections is a bright spot for the museum complex in northern Virginia. Last year, the Smithsonian’s inspector general testified in Congress that the continued use of substandard facilities was a risk to important art and science collections. (AP Photo/Brett Zongker)

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Smithsonian political history curator Lisa Kathleen Graddy, left, and museum specialist Bethanee Bemis, show off first lady Michelle Obama's second inaugural gown in a storage area at the Smithsonian Museum of American History Monday, Jan. 13, 2014, in Washington. The White House is lending Obama’s ruby-colored chiffon gown made by designer Jason Wu to the National Museum of American History for a year to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the Smithsonian’s first ladies exhibition. It will be paired with Obama’s shoes designed by Jimmy Choo. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

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Smithsonian political history curator Lisa Kathleen Graddy shows off first lady Michelle Obama's second inaugural gown in a storage area at the Smithsonian Museum of American History on Monday, Jan. 13, 2014 in Washington. The White House is lending Obama’s ruby-colored chiffon gown made by designer Jason Wu to the National Museum of American History for a year to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the Smithsonian’s first ladies exhibition. It will be paired with Obama’s shoes designed by Jimmy Choo. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

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A pair of Jimmy Choo shoes worn by first lady Michelle Obama with her second inaugural gown are shown in a storage area at the Smithsonian Museum of American History on Monday, Jan. 13, 2014 in Washington. The White House is lending Obama’s ruby-colored chiffon gown made by designer Jason Wu to the National Museum of American History for a year to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the Smithsonian’s first ladies exhibition. It will be paired with Obama’s shoes designed by Jimmy Choo. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

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A detail of the front of the second inaugural gown worn by first lady Michelle Obama is shown in a storage area at the Smithsonian Museum of American History on Monday, Jan. 13, 2014, in Washington. The White House is lending Obama’s ruby-colored chiffon gown made by designer Jason Wu to the National Museum of American History for a year to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the Smithsonian’s first ladies exhibition. It will be paired with Obama’s shoes designed by Jimmy Choo. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

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This handout photo provided by the Smithsonian Institution, taken in Nov. 2008, shows a family viewing the Star Spangled Banner at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington. The original, handwritten manuscript of “The Star-Spangled Banner” and the flag that inspired the song’s lyrics will be displayed together at the Smithsonian in Washington, what is believed to be the first time the historic pieces have been shown side-by-side, on Flag Day, June 14, through July 6. (AP Photo/Hugh Talman, Smithsonian Institution)